Honestly, the EP9's lap time isn't all that shocking, given the car's claimed specs. In addition to the four electric motors cranking out a claimed one megawatt of power, Nio says its supercar can generate 5,400 pounds of downforce—twice as much as a Formula One race car—and pull two and a half g's while taking a turn at 140 miles per hour. (Credit also goes to the 19-inch slicks, each of which is more than a foot wide.)

Still, that 7:05.12 lap time means the Nio EP9 can outrun some incredible performance cars at the 'Ring. The Mercedes-AMG GT R, the Nissan GT-R NISMO with N Attack Package, the Lexus LFA Nurburgring, the Ferrari 488 GTB—all of 'em wind up sucking the EP9's metaphorical exhaust.